20 His Gaze was Towards Her

That lady was none other than Su Xiqin's little sister, Su Xixue.

Seeing her, Su Xiqin felt a deep sense of betrayal all over.

"Big Sis, long time no see. How have you been lately?"

Su Xixue still spoke in a haughty manner, and Su Xiqin looked at her coldly. Back then, Su Xixue and their mother left Su Xiqin without a sound, and now when Su Xixue reappeared, she came without a warning either. For a moment, Su Xiqin didn't know what kind of face to put on in front of Su Xixue. 

Su Xiqin walked into the room and sat down on the sofa

Su Xixue shrugged her shoulders with indifference and smiled in a mysterious manner as she focused back onto the magazine in her hand.

The customer waiting room was dead silent with the sisters in there. Very soon, a receptionist came up to Su Xiqin and poured her a glass of water, ultimately breaking the strange silence. 

The receptionist put down the glass of water and said politely to the lady on the side, "Ms. Su, the technical department just said that your car won't be fixed till tomorrow."

She looked up at the receptionist with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow to get it."

The receptionist nodded and left. Meanwhile, Su Xixue took out her phone and dialed a number. In a gentle voice she said, "Am I disturbing you?" 

Su Xiqin was looking down, but she couldn't help to sneak a glance at Su Xixue when she heard her talking.

"Something was wrong with my car, so I brought it to the maintenance shop, but it won't be fixed till tomorrow. Can you send someone to pick me up?"

"Okay."

Su Xixue hung up, closed the magazine in her hands, and turned to Su Xiqin while saying, "Big Sis, is it reasonable for you to hate me? Then, we should pretend we don't know each other even if we bump into each other in the future."

Su Xiqin didn't look up and calmly responded, "If we don't even know each other, what's the point of doing something so redundant like this?"

Su Xixue had done so much harm to her but was now asking for her forgiveness? Impossible!

Su Xixue quickly left the customer waiting room. It might have been because she saw how cold Su Xiqin was to her or that she had accomplished a mission of hers.

…

When Su Xixue left, Su Xiqin looked up, only to see that bright yellow color flash by.

After waiting for a little while longer, Su Xiqin got her car. Soon, she drove the newly-repaired car out of the car maintenance shop. When she was at the gate of the repair shop, that bright yellow color came into her eyes again.

The lady stood by an Audi, and a man considerately opened the back door of the car for her. She elegantly got on, and the car quickly drove away.

Su Xiqin looked aimlessly at the direction the car disappeared in. 

She reappeared five years after she and their mother disappeared. Where is Mom then? Did she come back with Su Xixue?

...

On Monday at work, Zhou Enting walked over to Su Xiqin when she just got into the building. Zhou Enting said, "Su, how is the potential collaboration with the Zhuosheng Corporation? How come there is no news still?"

Su Xiqin looked at how condescending Zhou Enting was. When she was about to respond, she heard Zhang Jing's shriek of happiness.

"Su, Zhuosheng called, and they told us to go to the final selection meeting the day after tomorrow on time!"

Zhou Enting turned to look at Zhang Jing and said with astonishment, "Invited to go?" It was rather normal for Zhou Enting to not believe what she heard; even Su Xiqin couldn't believe the news.

Bai Yansen's mentioning of the unspoken rules on Thursday was still ringing by her ears, and she blatantly rejected him. 

After a few seconds of blanking out, she asked with skepticism, "We were really invited?"

"It's too serious for me to make a joke out of it."

Su Xiqin frowned, looked at Zhang Jing, and asked, "When did they call?"

"Just now. I picked the call up and reconfirmed the news multiple times." Zhang Jing steadfastly gazed at Su Xiqin, reassuring Su Xiqin that this news was indeed real.

Su Xiqin nodded and said, "Okay, I got it."

At the door, Zhou Enting frowned. Meanwhile, Su Xiqin, who was now on her office chair, took Ji Qingyang's business card out of a drawer and put it on her desk. She then dialed the number on the card using her cellphone. 

"Hello, Director Ji. It's me, Su Xiqin from the Mo Corporation."

"Congratulations, Ms. Su. Your design is one of our finalists," Ji Qingyang said in a crisp and pleasant voice.

"Alright, thank you so much."

"You're welcome. There's only three finalists, so you need to work extra hard now!"

"Okay. Thank you!" 

Su Xiqin hung up the phone and was still overwhelmed and confused by the situation. She had been waiting for Ji Qingya's phone call because he told her that he needed more time to understand the situation. Since she waited for his call for a long time already, she thought she had failed, especially since she rejected Bai Yansen. Who would have guessed that things would turn around like this?

Zhou Enting looked at Su Xiqin in a weird way, a way that blatantly showed suspicion that everyone could see. 

"Hmph." She snorted and walked out. Zhang Jing didn't like Zhou Enting's behavior, so she came over and said, "Su, what was that look on her face? She seemed like she was suspicious of why you were one of the finalists and got invited. We all can see your abilities, so why does she need to give you that look?"

Su Xiqin closed her eyes slowly and said in a nonchalant manner, "You just have to get used to it."

Zhang Jing raised her brows. Before she left, she mumbled, "She's just jealous and can't accept others being better. She's already over 30, so why isn't she married? If this goes on, it's easy for her to have mental issues."

Su Xiqin stopped her movements all of a sudden. Of course she knew why Zhou Enting didn't get married yet; she wanted to be the Mrs. Mo to Mo Xigu.

If Su Xiqin secured this collaboration, the title of Mrs. Mo would soon be empty, but would that spot be left for Zhou Enting to fill?

Zhou Enting reminded Su Xiqin of Su Xixue, whom she saw at the car maintenance shop today. Back then, Su Xixue adored Mo Xigu as well. Now that she was back, would they...

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Su Xiqin told Mo Xigu to go to the final selection procedure at the Zhuosheng Corporation.

On the morning of that day, the two of them appeared at the Zhousheng Corporation at the same time, but they didn't come here together.

Su Xiqin didn't expect Bai Yansen to actually attend as well. He was sitting in the middle of the rostrum platform, glaring at her with his deep, serious gaze.

Su Xiqin froze when their eyes met. She recalled the conversation they had the other day and her ears turned slightly red. What did he mean back then?

At the same time, she remembered what happened in the washroom between Bai Yansen and her son, especially recalling her son saying 'big birdie', and her ears immediately turned hot and red.

Mo Xigu, who was sitting next to Su Xiqin, saw Bai Yansen as well. He was shocked because he realized that the person they got into a car accident with the other day was actually the Zhuosheng Corporation's CEO.

When he suddenly turned to Su Xiqin, he suddenly realized that her ears were red. He leaned in with a frown and whispered, "The car you bumped into belongs to the CEO of the Zhuosheng Corporation. Aren't you worried about the results because of that?"

Su Xiqin shivered a little and came back to reality from her train of thoughts. She turned to look at Mo Xigu, who was looking at her with doubt. "I already bumped it, so even if I'm scared now, I can't change anything."

"You seem quite calm. Did you know this beforehand?"

Su Xiqin glared at him coldly and didn't respond. Mo Xigu wanted to say something else, but Ji Qingyang's voice sounded. 

"Hello ladies and gentlemen. This is the final selection, so please present your work one by one."

Bai Yansen watched as Mo Xigu and Su Xiqin whispered to each other. During the whole time, Bai Yansen's face looked as cold and stern as a mountain of ice, sufficient to frighten the whole room.